RT News - August 2 2024 (09:00 MSK)

A presidential welcome - Vladimir Putin greets eight Russian citizens released from Western jails following the biggest prisoner exchange between Moscow and the West in the 21st century. As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris welcome the former prisoners who arrived to America the outgoing US leader takes a moment to praise himself for making the deal. Ukraine is reportedly behind last weeks clashes in Mali, backing the local militants that killed more than 130 Malian government troops and Wagner Group soldiers.